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Excitement is spreading as we get closer to puck drop at The Drake's first-ever Toronto vs. Montreal chef Barn Burner Hockey Game. Featured in our newest installment of Ice Breakers is a self-proclaimed albatross on the ice, but he's ready to put his best skate forward for a good cause.

As a late addition to the team but a regular on the ice, Chef Nick Chen-Yin of Smoke Signals Bar-B-Q reveals his first hockey memory, his go-to concession snack and why Community Food Centres Canada is important.

As we get closer to our epic Drake Barn Burner Hockey Game at The Drake Devonshire we're checking in with some of the competing players. For the newest installment of Ice Breakers, this Habs fan shares his favourite pre-game plate and the real reason he's entering the rink.

Opening in the Junction Triangle in the spring of 2017, Drake Commissary is a new creative culinary hub that invites the culture seeker in everyone to a unique experience in a neighbourhood bursting with ingenuity.

To celebrate Canada's 150th birthday we put together an all-star lineup of Montreal and Toronto Chefs for the first-ever Barn Burner Hockey Game. In the second installment of Ice Breakers, we hear from a Toronto Grinder who started his hockey career long before his culinary career and calls the upcoming Barn Burner, "the most epic restaurant event."

Canada's Top Ten Film Festival is all about highlighting Canadian talent in film. Through this selection, we get to see how different Canadian stories manifest on the big screen. As purveyors and revelers of Canadiana cool, we loved putting together the Chesterfield Lounge and filling it with maple syrup pillows, wild life and other things that scream "Oh Canada," but we also know that the definition of "Canadian" isn't always a tangible concept so we talked to some of the directors to get their take on what Canadian identity means to them.

To mark Canada's 150th birthday we decided to bookmark a reading list of essential past, present and future CanLit as suggested by experts who spend a lot of their time reading or writing for a living. First, we talked to West Queen West neighbour and propieter of Flying Books, Martha Sharpe.